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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7653301 | Electronic device and camera The object of the present invention is to enable reliable supply of oxygen which is necessary for a fuel cell to generate electric power, to the fuel cell. In a camera, air orifices for linking the space inside a cell compartment with the outside of a casing ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7379667 | Image-taking apparatus An image-taking apparatus includes an image-taking system for obtaining an image of a subject, the image-taking system including a lens and an image pickup device, a battery loading part, into which a battery is loaded, the battery loading part being arranged in a p... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7355649 | Image sensing apparatus cleaning operation and control method of said cleaning operation Image sensing apparatus having an image sensing element for sensing an object of shooting is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, when a cleaning mode is designated and executed to remove a foreign substance in the neighborhood of and on the image sen... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343092 | Attachment structure of adapter In the present invention, in a battery adapter to be engaged with a camera body, a tripod screw provided at an upper surface portion is engaged with a tripod screw of the camera body, and a positioning pin is fitted in a positioning hole provided in the camera body.... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7280150 | Video camera with aperture blade A video camera (10) includes a photographing device (16). The photographing device (16) generates an image signal corresponding to an optical image irradiated on a light-receiving surface, and a monitor (34) displays a moving image based ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278032 | Circuit and operating method for integrated interface of PDA and wireless communication system A circuit and operating method for an integrated interface of a PDA and a wireless communication system are disclosed. The circuit includes a PDA-turn-on-wireless-communication-system signal line, a PDA-reset-wireless-communication-system signal line, a PDA-state si... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7196496 | Battery control circuit and electronic device A battery control circuit having a battery voltage detecting section for detecting the voltage of a battery includes a resistor and a switching element which are connected in series and which are connected to the battery in parallel, and a battery controlling sectio... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187858 | Camera and method for operating a camera based upon available power in a supply In one aspect of the invention, a camera for use with a power supply is provided. The camera has a voltage detecting circuit adapted to detect a voltage level at the power source and to generate a voltage level signal. An image capture system is also provided and pe... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7084921 | Image processing apparatus with another display unit its control method, and recording medium There is disclosed an image processing apparatus in which a system control circuit (50) monitors the power source voltage when data write access to a recording medium (200) occurs, and cuts off power supply to an image display unit (28) when the... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085594 | Portable telephone apparatus The invention provides a portable telephone apparatus wherein, when a necessary voltage is not obtained from a cell because the cell is removed or consumed, data can be backed up with a simple configuration and at a low cost. A cell is removably accommodated in a ce... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079587 | Signal transmitter having voltage booster circuit and method of operating the same In a radio signal transmitter, a microcomputer operates by receiving an output voltage of a battery to sequentially generate a voltage boosting control signal. This voltage boosting control signal has a longer high level period as generated later. The voltage booste... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7064524 | Method and apparatus for generator control A generator control circuit is disclosed that includes a first circuit (40) monitoring a generator voltage and producing a first output when the voltage is below a first level, a second circuit (48) monitoring a generator current change rate and produc... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053514 | Image apparatus and drive motor A drive motor is proposed, which serves as a drive source for a movement mechanism constituting an iris for an optical path of an imaging system. The drive motor has a shaft serving as a center of rotation, a magnet, two-pole magnetized and rotated around the shaft,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7036034 | System, method and computer program product for power-saving task processing A system for power-saving task processing includes a remaining power detector detecting a remaining power of a battery, and a motion information table defining a relationship between the remaining power of the battery on execution of a task and a plurality of proces... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7015959 | Image pickup apparatus for picking up and recording still or moving images and a method for controlling the same When an image pickup apparatus is changed over to a mode different from a photographing mode, such as a power-off mode or a reproducing mode, priority is given to writing a temporarily-recorded image in a recording medium, so that it is possible to surely preserve t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6930718 | Revised recapture camera and method In a camera and method, a scene is captured as an archival image, with the camera set in an initial capture configuration. Then, a plurality of parameters of the scene are evaluated. The parameters are matched to one or more of a plurality of suggested capture confi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6804461 | Flash apparatus and auxiliary battery apparatus A flash apparatus operates on power supplied from internal batteries and an external battery in an auxiliary battery apparatus. A battery check is executed by detecting the charge speed at which a main capacitor is charged and comparing the charge speed with a thres... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6674965 | Electric power control device for camera An electric power control device for a camera is provided. The electric power control device includes an electric power source, a monitoring processor, a detecting processor and a control processor in a camera body. The electric power source provides powe... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6625401 | Battery storing apparatus, electronic equipment and photographing apparatus There is described a battery storing apparatus for storing two or more types of batteries and easily distinguishing the type of the battery, and an electronic equipment and a digital camera having it. The battery storing apparatus includes a battery stori... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6546205 | Charging circuit and accompanying equipment A charging circuit detects a battery voltage Vp and a charging voltage of a main condenser. When a charge of the condenser is instructed, if the battery voltage is smaller than prescribed value Vpo, the charge is performed in a single control mode. And th... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6529690 | Camera for preventing plastic deformation of locking member of light-shielding door or film cartridge A camera uses a film cartridge having a light-shielding door for opening/closing a film inlet and outlet opening. A cartridge chamber accommodates the film cartridge. A cartridge chamber lid is provided at the opening of the cartridge chamber. A first dri... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6519419 | Method of controlling power source of camera In a camera having an LCD and a clock device, a power source consists of a battery and a booster circuit. When a power switch button is pressed, the camera moves to an ON mode including a drive mode and a standby mode. In the drive mode, the booster circu... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516153 | Capacitor charging apparatus and electronic flash and apparatus containing same A capacitor charging apparatus includes a DC/DC converter for stepping up the voltage of a battery and charging the capacitor; a detection circuit that determines whether a primary current of the DC/DC converter reaches a predetermined limit current; a co... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6434336 | Data-imprinting apparatus for a lens-equipped film unit A data-imprinting apparatus for preventing the imprinting of incorrect dates in a lens-equipped film unit that lacks a monitor display unit for the confirmation of the date display. The lens-equipped film unit 1 contains a built-in data module 27 that lac... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6370336 | Auxiliary drive system for running-in movable components An auxiliary drive system controls an actuator to force movable members such as shutter blades of a power-driven shutter system to cause predetermined movement so as thereby to run in the movable members when the the power-driven apparatus is loaded with ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6347191 | Shutter control apparatus A shutter control apparatus is constructed for executing an exposure operation of a camera to photograph an object by controlling an actuator which drives a shutter blade to be opened and closed. In the shutter control apparatus, a battery supplies a powe... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6343191 | Camera having both silver-salt picture-taking function and electronic-image pickup function The present invention provides a user-friendly camera having a silver-salt picture-taking function and an electronic-image pickup function. The camera includes a silver-salt picture-taking unit and an electronic-image pickup unit. The electronic-image pic... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6289180 | Photoflash charging circuit with current and voltage monitor A camera that includes a battery, a photoflash circuit, and a charging circuit to provide energy from the battery to the photoflash circuit is provided. The camera further includes a voltage monitor coupled to the battery to switch off the battery from th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6198881 | Loading methods for camera frame assemblies subject to static charging during film scrolling In a method for loading a camera frame assembly having an flash circuit powered by a battery, a battery is placed in a battery compartment of a camera frame assembly. Film is scrolled in the camera frame assembly. The scrolling generates a static charge o... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6163654 | Camera with partial exposed frame film detector and battery monitor A camera which determines whether a film cartridge loaded in the camera is a partial cartridge, containing photographic film having an exposed frame and an unexposed frame, or not, and feeds the photographic film from the loaded film cartridge up to a fir... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6160962 | Camera with lens barrier apparatus A lens barrier apparatus includes a lens barrier having opened and closed positions, The lens barrier is positioned on the front face of a lens barrel and protects a camera lens. A motor which drives the opening/closing of the lens barrier and an encoder ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6150651 | Photointerrupter driving circuit capable of decreasing the number of parts In a photointerrupter comprising a light emitting diode and a photo transistor which are opposed to each other, the photo transistor has an emitter which is grounded through a resistor while the light emitting diode has a cathode which is connected to an ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6134391 | Battery residual-power checking apparatus Disclosed is a battery residual-power checking apparatus including: a detecting device for detecting a type of battery accommodated in a camera a battery from a plurality of battery types prepared in advance; a load applying device for applying a load to ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6118949 | Accessory and motor drive device for camera, and camera system A motor drive device capable of being connected with a camera body includes a communication line for communicating information on an operation mode of the motor drive device from the camera body to the motor drive device, a switch connected in series with... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6101339 | Camera and system operating from a secondary battery A camera operating from a secondary battery has a camera body, a unit including a taking lens, and a secondary battery incorporated in the unit. The secondary battery is charged by being supplied with electric power from the camera body. The unit is a len... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6041189 | Camera system, camera and camera-accessory In a camera system composed of a camera capable of containing a battery therein and an accessory capable of being detachably mounted on the camera and being supplied with electric power from the camera, communication is possible between the camera and the... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6031999 | Camera battery check device having multiple battery check levels A camera including a battery check device, having a plurality of battery check levels, to inactivate auxiliary devices of the camera according to a detected battery voltage level, and to modify the battery check level depending on the auxiliary devices us... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5953547 | Camera capable of properly operating when recovering from power interruption A camera uses a film cartridge, which has an information recording disk which is rotatable integrally with a cartridge spool shaft and represents information inherent to a film, and feeds the film leading end portion from the cartridge by using a driver. ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5930536 | Camera To improve a camera of the kind having the possibility of causing inconveniences such as a double exposure or the like in taking a shot after a battery is replaced and stowed again, a shutter release is allowed after the transport of the film is completed... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5926661 | Camera using secondary battery In this invention, there is provided a camera using a secondary battery as a power source and including load means such as a flash device or motor driven by use of electric energy of the secondary battery, charging means having a charging control circuit ... | 07/20/1999 |
